Exim requires a separate CD image

Chris Adams cmadams at hiwaay.net
Mon Aug 31 18:15:29 UTC 2009


Once upon a time, Scott Robbins <scottro at nyc.rr.com> said:
> Recently, there was a long discussion about including an MTA or not.  I
> see that the default is now Exim.  However, what makes this very bad is
> that, even if one unchecks everything, including base, it now requires
> CD #1 AND CD #3.  The ONLY thing needed on CD #3 is Exim. 

That discussion was caused by this problem, and the resolution was for
now adding sendmail explicitly to Base so that exim is not chosen.

The "replace-sendmail-with-(postifx|exim|fooMTA)" or
"remove-MTA-requirement" decision has been postponed to F13 (maybe).

-- 
Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.




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